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The controversial and supposed “church” now says it will travel to South Africa to picket Nelson Mandela’s funeral.
“THANK GOD for Nelson Mandela being dropped into hell! Westboro Baptist Church booking flight to South Africa (not banned) to picket funeral!” the opportunistic group tweeted once news of Mandela’s passing was announced.
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However, their hateful intentions were not received well by the twitterverse.
“You are truly lost human beings, you claim 2 b people of god but you couldn’t be further from the truth you preach nothing but hate,” said user @Tuckthestrutt.
“Disrespectful scumbags. If anyone is going to hell, it’s you guys,” responded another user, @Hushpigg.
“South Africa will most certainly greet you with more extreme prejudice than authorities allow here in the US. Some may not return,” said Twitter user @JimFTFD.
Attention-starving Westboro is used to exploiting U.S. law to their advantage by invoking their right to picket any funeral they choose. However, once outside the U.S., Westboro may find themselves on the wrong side of African “street law,” should some South African mourner decide to take matters into their own hands and send a few Westboro protesters to hospital or an early and rather unexpected grave.
NOT a good idea. Not a good idea at all. In fact it could prove to be the *last* idea any of them have.
As one commenter wrote:
[…] once outside the U.S., Westboro may find themselves on the wrong side of African "street law…"
But they haven't shown themselves to be an intelligent group. Just a twisted group driven by hate so there you have it.
We'll see if they actually make the trip.